by Sam Trumbull | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Radius Report
Talk with many prospective missionaries about their plans today and eventually, the idea of contextualization will surface. Pinning down exactly what they mean by contextualization, however, often proves elusive. Usually, the answer involves ministry strategies...
by Brad Buser | Feb 2, 2018 | Radius Report
On a recent trip, I heard an audible gasp as I made the statement, “In the New Testament we don’t see the Lord’s apostles, evangelists, prophets, pastors and teachers using a ‘Man of Peace’ as a go-between for their ministry”. In some missions circles today this idea...
by Brad Buser | Dec 19, 2017 | Radius Report
The campus is quiet now. All the Radius students have gone back to their home areas for Christmas break after a busy last week of studies, class presentations, a Christmas party for staff and students, a visit by Francis and Lisa Chan, parties all over Tijuana that...
by Brooks Buser | Oct 31, 2017 | Radius Report
What a whirlwind the last 6 months has been at Radius. The completion of our 2nd dormitory, the biggest incoming class ever, our 2nd campus breaking ground (last week), preparations being laid for Radius Asia (in Asia for Mandarin speaking missionaries), and the...
by Brad Buser | Oct 31, 2017 | Radius Report
Following a recent missions conference, my wife and I were comparing notes after we had spoken on ‘the state of missions today’ in a wonderfully missions minded local church. The amount of times we heard “How are we expected to know these things? Where do you find...
by Brad Buser | Sep 4, 2017 | Radius Report
I am still amazed at times by the severity of Jesus’ words. He avoided “politically correct”, was brutal to establishment religious types, and made crystal clear the cost of being one of his disciples. Luke chapters 5, 12, 14, and 18 give us multiple instances...
